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About YT Policy Shield
In one line: YT Policy Shield is a free, private pre-upload check for YouTube videos and Shorts. It runs in your browser and flags common monetization risks, like low resolution, wrong format, reused-looking footage and a flat, robotic voiceover, before YouTube sees your video.
Who built it
I'm Manish Singh, a faceless YouTube creator from Rajasthan, India. I run the Hindi channel YT Shield Hindi, which explains YouTube rules and monetization in simple Hindi.
YT Policy Shield is an independent, one-person project. It is free to use and is supported by ads.
What the tool does
You drop an MP4, MOV or WEBM file, and the scanner gives you a pass, warning or fail for each check, with plain-language reasons and fixes:
- Resolution & quality: flags videos below 720p.
- Format: checks whether the video fits as a Short (vertical, length) or a long video.
- Reused content & originality: looks for signs that often go with reused footage, such as no cuts or edits, a picture that barely moves, no commentary, and file names or file details that suggest downloaded clips.
- AI voice / monotone check: measures how much the voice's pitch, loudness and pauses change, and flags narration that sounds flat or robotic.
- Content value: combines these signals into an estimate of low-value or inauthentic-content risk.
How it works, in plain words
Everything happens on your own device. Your browser opens the video, samples frames to look at the picture and edits, and listens to the audio track to measure the voice. The results are worked out right there and shown on the page. Nothing is uploaded, and there is no login. The Privacy Policy explains this in detail.
The AI voice check is a heuristic: it looks at pitch spread, loudness variation and pause patterns to flag flat, robotic TTS. It is not a trained AI-voice classifier, so very natural modern AI voices may pass as human.
What it does not do
- It cannot predict or guarantee YouTube's decision. It is an estimate based on publicly known YouTube Partner Program guidance.
- It does not check copyright or Content ID, and it does not compare your video with other videos online.
- It does not look at your channel, your other videos, your titles or your analytics. YouTube reviews whole channels; this tool checks one file.
- It does not prove whether a voice was made by AI. It only flags voices that sound flat or robotic.
Not affiliated with YouTube or Google
YT Policy Shield is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by YouTube or Google LLC. "YouTube" is a trademark of Google LLC and is used here only to describe what the tool checks. Our guides quote YouTube's official Help Center pages and link to them so you can check the source.
Get in touch
Found a wrong result or a bug, or have an idea? Email manishsingh20044@gmail.com or see the Contact page.
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